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(NQ Model.) D. A LOCHBIHLER & G. L. EDLOFF.

' ROUKING CHAIR.

No. 375,325. Patented Deo. 20, 1887.

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UNITED .STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

DON A. LOOHBIHLER AND GEORGE L. EDLOFF, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO H. E. DENNIS, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,325, dated December 2.0, 1887.

A pplcation filed May 12, 1857.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,vDoN A. LocHBIHLER and GEORGE L. EDLorF, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rocking-Chairs; and we do hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rocking-chairs; and the object of the invention is to so construct'a rockingchair that it may beeasily converted into a cradle, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical crosssection of my improved rocking-chair. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the chair partly converted. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line w m in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detachedvperspective of onehalf of the sliding-seat frame.v

The rocking-chair shown in the drawings is of known construction, except as hereinafter described.

The arm-rails A are not secured to the corner-post of the chair, as in the usual construction of chairs, but are solely supported by and secured to the seat-frame in any suitable man ner, such as shown, for instance, in the drawings, in Fig. 4, where said rail is shown supported by posts B, secured at the corners of the seat-frame, and by an ornamental panel, C, secured between these posts. The seatframe is divided in two in the middle, and each half is made to slide laterally outward about the distance of its width, more or less. The means employed for securing such sliding extension are preferably the ordinary means employed in the construction of extensiontables and similar articles of furniture-that is, by means of cleats D, secured to the under side of each half of the seat, and bolts E, connecting each cleat with the slotted bars F, se-

;,cured to the chair-frame underneath such cleats.

G are panels hinged to the side frames,which support the arm-rails and arranged to fold un` Serial No. 237,960. (No model.)

derneath such arm-rails. These panels are destined to form the front and rear of a cradle, produced by extending each half of t-he seati'rame, and they have therefore to fill the intervening space left open in front andin rear.` They may be arranged as shown in the drawings, where two panels are hinged together to t form one whole side, or two independent panels may be so hinged as to form one-half on each side.

It will be seen that on the rear side the back of the chair may be utilized to form part of the rear side of the cradle, and the panels need only extend to the rear corner-posts of the chair. On the front a similar arrangement may be made by pivotally securing to the front of the chair a fiap, H, which, in converting the chair into a cradle, may be turned up to close the gap between the front cornerposts of the chair. i

The whole chair may be upholstered in the usual manner, the upholstering of the seat being divided in the center the same as theseat. The gap in the bottom after extending the sides may be formed by a few loose slats, I, laid across or by a removable bed-bottom of any other suitable kind. Underneath the seat I provide an inclosed receptacle, J, in which the mattress and other bedclothes may be stored away when not in use.

To hold the movable parts of the chair in their adj usted position, fastenings of suitable description may be provided where it is deemed necessary.

It wil-l be seen that our means for converting a rocking-chair into a cradle are equally applicable to other chairs than rocking-chairs; and we therefore do not confine ourselves to rocking-chairs alone, but include the application of our devices to an easy chair as well, which may be converted in the same manner into a crib.

Vhat we claim as our invention is- Y 1. In a convertible chair, the combination of arm-rests secured to the seat independently. of thechair-frame, a seat divided inthe middie and each section thereof secured laterally extensibly to the chair-frame, and hinged panels arranged to fold underneath the arn1- the arm-rests, and a flap pivotally secured to ro rests, all substantially as and for the purpose the front of the chair, all arranged to operate described. :substantially als described.

2. In n convertible elmil, the combination, T

5 with the frame of the chair, a, seat divided in l IIHLER halves secured laterally extensbly, arm-rests secured to the respective halves of the seat Witnesses: independently of the frame of the chair, H. S. SPRAGUE, hinged panels arranged to fold underneath A. BARTHEL. 

